Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 138 / Thursday, July 22, 2021 / Notices 38699 

1The permit application is for the connection of 

facilities to be operated at distribution-level voltage. 

Note that DOE regulations require ‘‘[a]ny person, 

firm, co-operative, corporation or other entity who 

operates an electric power transmission or 

distribution facility crossing the border of the 

United States, for the transmission of electric 

energy between the United States and a foreign 

country,’’ to hold a Presidential permit for the 

facility. 10 CFR 205.320(a). 

purposes only, and in compliance with 

requirements of the Office of the Federal 

Register, the undersigned DOE Federal 

Register Liaison Officer has been 

authorized to sign and submit the 

document in electronic format for 

publication, as an official document of 

the Department of Energy. This 

administrative process in no way alters 

the legal effect of this document upon 

publication in the Federal Register. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on July 19, 

2021. 

Treena V. Garrett, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. 

Department of Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2021–15578 Filed 7–21–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[OE Docket No. PP–485] 

Application for Presidential Permit; 

North Star Electric Cooperative 

AGENCY: Office of Electricity, 

Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of application. 

SUMMARY: North Star Electric 

Cooperative has applied for a 

Presidential permit to construct, 

operate, maintain, and connect an 

electric transmission line across the 

United States border with Canada. 

DATES: Comments or motions to 

intervene must be submitted on or 

before August 23, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests, 

motions to intervene, or request for 

more information should be addressed 

by electronic email to 

Electricity.Exports@hq.doe.gov, or by 

facsimile to (202) 586–8008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christopher Lawrence (Program Office) 

at 202–586–5260 or via electronic mail 

at Christopher.Lawrence@hq.doe.gov; 

Christopher Drake (Program Attorney) at 

202–586–2919 or via electronic mail at 

Christopher.Drake@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

construction, operation, maintenance, 

and connection of facilities at the 

international border of the United States 

for the transmission of electric energy 

between the United States and a foreign 

country is prohibited in the absence of 

a Presidential permit issued pursuant to 

Executive Order (E.O.) 10485, as 

amended by E.O. 12038.1

On February 19, 2021 North Star 

Electric Cooperative, Incorporated 

(Applicant or North Star) filed an 

application (Application or App.) with 

the Office of Electricity of the 

Department of Energy (DOE) for a 

‘‘Presidential Permit authorizing the 

continued connection, operation, and 

maintenance of facilities for the 

transmission of electric energy at the 

international border between the United 

States and Canada.’’ App. at 1. The 

Applicant states that it ‘‘is a distribution 

cooperative member-owner of Minnkota 

Power Cooperative (‘‘Minnkota’’), a 

generation and transmission cooperative 

that provides wholesale power 

requirements to North Star and its other 

member-owner cooperatives.’’ Id. The 

Applicant’s principal place of business 

is in Baudette, Minnesota. Id. at 4. 

North Star states that it ‘‘currently 

serves 26 residential customers in 

Canada,’’ and that the facilities for 

which it seeks a Presidential permit 

‘‘comprise low-voltage (7,200 and 

14,400 volts) lines running from 

Minnkota’s International Falls 

substation in northern Minnesota 

approximately 10.35 miles to the 

border’’ noting that ‘‘the actual length of 

the line . . . is approximately 14.16 

miles’’ in the United States. Id. at 2 & 

n.2. North Star adds that it was unaware 

that a Presidential permit was required 

for its facilities, and that the 

Application aims to bring the 

cooperative into compliance with legal 

requirements. See it. at 3. 

The facilities for which North Star 

seeks a permit from Minnkota’s 

International Falls Substation northeast 

to the international border. See App. at 

5. Specifically, beginning at the 

substation, the facilities consist of ‘‘4.1 

miles of 14,000 volt three-phase 

underground lines, then 2.5 miles of 

14,000 volt three-chase overhead line, 

then 1.0 miles of 7,200 volt three-phase 

overhead line, then 4.0 miles of 7,200 

volt three-phase underwater line to an 

oil circuit recloser (‘‘OCR’’) breaker on 

the U.S. mainland.’’ Id. Beginning at the 

OCR breaker, ‘‘one single-circuit line 

continues north within the U.S. to serve 

additional customers located in the U.S. 

and the majority of the customers 

located in Canada, and a tap on that line 

heads east for about 1.2 miles toward 

the U.S./Canada border to serve the 

remaining two customers in Canadian 

waters.’’ Id. These facilities include ‘‘a 

0.15 mile stretch of 7,200 volt threephase overhead line, then 0.14 miles of 

7,200 volt singlephase overhead, and 

then 2.27 miles of 7,200 volt singlephase underwater line to the U.S./ 

Canada border, which is just beyond 

Curtis Island.’’ Id. The facilities include 

‘‘two single-circuit lines’’ crossing the 

border—‘‘[t]he first heads north from the 

Curtis Island . . . and feeds the majority 

of the customer accounts in Canadian 

waters,’’ and ‘‘[t]he second line heads 

east of Curtis Island and feeds the 

remaining two customer accounts in 

Canadian waters.’’ Id. at 6. 

North Star also proposes to upgrade 

some of its existing cross-border 

facilities, and requests that any permit 

‘include permission to make appropriate 

upgrades to the [f]acilities to enable 

North Star to continue to reliably serve 

the customers in [Canada].’’ App. at 3. 

The Applicant notes that it ‘‘does not 

expect to construct any additional crossborder facilities (i.e., new crossing 

points). Id. at 3 n.4 

Since the restructuring of the electric 

industry began, resulting in the 

introduction of different types of 

competitive entities into the 

marketplace, DOE has consistently 

expressed its policy that cross-border 

trade in electric energy should be 

subject to the same principles of 

comparable open access and nondiscrimination that apply to 

transmission in interstate commerce. 

DOE has stated that policy in export 

authorizations granted to entities 

requesting authority to export over 

international transmission or 

distribution facilities. Specifically, DOE 

expects transmitting utilities owning 

border facilities to provide access across 

the border in accordance with the 

principles of comparable open access 

and non-discrimination contained in the 

Federal Power Act and articulated in 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 

(FERC) Order No. 888 (Promoting 

Wholesale Competition Through Open 

Access Non-Discriminatory 

Transmission Services by Public 

Utilities; FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,036 

(1996)), as amended. 

Procedural Matters: Any person may 

comment on this application by filing 

such comment at the address provided 

above. Any person seeking to become a 

party to this proceeding must file a 

motion to intervene at the address 

provided above in accordance with Rule 

214 of FERC’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.214). Two copies 

of each comment or motion to intervene 

should be filed with DOE on or before 

the date listed above. 

Additional copies of such motions to 

intervene also should be filed directly 

with: Daniel E. Frank, 700 Sixth St. NW, 

Suite 700, Washington, DC 20001; 


lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1
38700 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 138 / Thursday, July 22, 2021 / Notices 

1FOTILE’s request is available at https://

www.regulations.gov/docket/EERE-2020-BT-WAV0035-0005. The specified basic models are: SD2F– 

P3 and SD2F–P3L. 

1All references to EPCA in this document refer 

to the statute as amended through the Energy Act 

of 2020, Public Law 116–260 (Dec. 27, 2020). 

2For editorial reasons, upon codification in the 

U.S. Code, Part B was redesignated as Part A. 

DanielFrank@evershedssutherland.com. 

Before a Presidential permit may be 

issued or amended, DOE must 

determine that the proposed action is in 

the public interest. In making that 

determination, DOE may consider the 

environmental impacts of the proposed 

project, determine the project’s impact 

on electric reliability by ascertaining 

whether the proposed project would 

adversely affect the operation of the U.S. 

electric power supply system under 

normal and contingency conditions, and 

weigh any other factors that it may also 

deem relevant to the public interest. 

DOE must also obtain favorable 

recommendations of the Secretary of 

State and the Secretary of Defense 

before taking final action on a 

Presidential permit application. 

Copies of this application will be 

made available, upon request, for public 

inspection and copying at the address 

provided above, or by accessing the 

program website at https://energy.gov/ 

oe/services/electricity-policycoordination-and-implementation/ 

international-electricity-regulatio-2. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on July 19, 

2021. 

Christopher Lawrence, 

Management and Program Analyst, Energy 

Resilience Division, Office of Electricity. 

[FR Doc. 2021–15599 Filed 7–21–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[Case Number 2021–005, EERE–2020–BT– 

WAV–0035] 

Energy Conservation Program: 

Extension of Waiver to Ningbo FOTILE 

Kitchen Ware Co. Ltd. From the 

Department of Energy Dishwashers 

Test Procedure 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notification of extension of 

waiver. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (‘‘DOE’’) is granting a waiver 

extension (Case No. 2021–005) to 

Ningbo FOTILE Kitchen Ware Co. Ltd 

(FOTILE) from specified portions of the 

DOE dishwashers test procedure for 

determining the energy and water 

consumption of the specified FOTILE 

dishwasher basic models. Under this 

extension, FOTILE is required to test 

and rate the specified basic models in 

accordance with the alternate test 

procedure specified in the waiver. 

DATES: The Extension of Waiver is 

effective on July 22, 2021. The 

Extension of Waiver will terminate 

upon the compliance date of any future 

amendment to the test procedure for 

dishwasher located in 10 CFR part 430, 

subpart B, appendix C1 that addresses 

the issues presented in this waiver. At 

such time, FOTILE must use the 

relevant test procedure for the specified 

basic models of dishwashers for any 

testing to demonstrate compliance with 

standards, and any other representations 

of energy use. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ms. Lucy deButts, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Building 

Technologies Office, EE–5B, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20585–0121. Email: AS_Waiver_

Requests@ee.doe.gov. 

Ms. Amelia Whiting, U.S. Department 

of Energy, Office of the General Counsel, 

Mail Stop GC–33, Forrestal Building, 

1000 Independence Avenue SW, 

Washington, DC 20585–0103. 

Telephone: (202) 586–2588. Email: 

Amelia.Whiting@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with title 10 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations (10 CFR 430.27(g)), 

DOE gives notification of the issuance of 

an Extension of Waiver as set forth 

below. The Extension of Waiver extends 

the waiver granted to FOTILE in a 

Decision and Order issued on May 17, 

2021 (86 FR 26712, ‘‘May 2021 Decision 

and Order’’) to include the FOTILE 

basic models specified in this waiver 

extension, as requested by FOTILE on 

May 18, 2021.1 FOTILE must test and 

rate the specifically identified 

dishwasher basic models in accordance 

with the alternate test procedure 

specified in the May 2021 Decision and 

Order. FOTILE’s representations 

concerning the energy and water 

consumption of the specified basic 

models must be based on testing 

according to the provisions and 

restrictions in the alternate test 

procedure set forth in the May 2021 

Decision and Order, and the 

representations must fairly disclose the 

test results. Distributors, retailers, and 

private labelers are held to the same 

requirements when making 

representations regarding the energy 

and water consumption of these 

products. (42 U.S.C. 6393(c)) 

DOE makes decisions on waiver 

extensions for only those basic models 

specifically set out in the request, not 

future models that may be manufactured 

by the petitioner. FOTILE may submit a 

new or amended petition for waiver and 

request for grant of interim waiver, as 

appropriate, for additional basic models 

of dishwashers. Alternatively, if 

appropriate, FOTILE may request that 

DOE extend the scope of a waiver or 

interim waiver to include additional 

basic models employing the same 

technology as the basic models set forth 

in the original petition consistent with 

10 CFR 430.27(g). 

Case Number 2020–020 

Extension of Waiver 

I. Background and Authority 

The Energy Policy and Conservation 

Act, as amended (‘‘EPCA’’),1 authorizes 

DOE to regulate the energy efficiency of 

a number of consumer products and 

certain industrial equipment. (42 U.S.C. 

6291–6317) Title III, Part B 2 of EPCA, 

Public Law 94–163 (42 U.S.C. 6291– 

6309, as codified), established the 

Energy Conservation Program for 

Consumer Products Other Than 

Automobiles, which sets forth a variety 

of provisions designed to improve 

energy efficiency for certain types of 

consumer products. These products 

include dishwashers, the focus of this 

document. (42 U.S.C. 6292(a)(6)) 

Under EPCA, the energy conservation 

program consists essentially of four 

parts: (1) Testing, (2) labeling, (3) 

Federal energy conservation standards, 

and (4) certification and enforcement 

procedures. Relevant provisions of 

EPCA include definitions (42 U.S.C. 

6291), energy conservation standards 

(42 U.S.C. 6295), test procedures (42 

U.S.C. 6293), labeling provisions (42 

U.S.C. 6294), and the authority to 

require information and reports from 

manufacturers (42 U.S.C. 6296). 

The Federal testing requirements 

consist of test procedures that 

manufacturers of covered products must 

use as the basis for: (1) Certifying to 

DOE that their products comply with 

the applicable energy conservation 

standards adopted pursuant to EPCA (42 

U.S.C. 6295(s)), and (2) making 

representations about the efficiency of 

that product (42 U.S.C. 6293(c)). 

Similarly, DOE must use these test 

procedures to determine whether the 

product complies with relevant 

standards promulgated under EPCA. (42 

U.S.C. 6295(s)) 

Under 42 U.S.C. 6293, EPCA sets forth 

the criteria and procedures DOE is 

required to follow when prescribing or 

amending test procedures for covered 


lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1